It may overstate the case to suggest that David Axelrod, the chief strategist for former US president Barack Obama’s election campaigns, regrets his sneering during the 2016 presidential election every day but it is certain he, and maybe millions of others, will never forget it.

Biden getting the Democrat nomination hinges on his capacity to grasp the soul of America, writes Terry Prone

Richard Halleron Fresh grass is the cheapest feed source available to dairy cows, and increasing its inclusion in dairy cow diets presents farmers with opportunities to reduce feed costs.

The EU is the biggest trading partner for UK agriculture. Nearly two thirds of UK agricultural exports are to the EU, with 70% of agricultural imports from the EU, writes Stephen Cadogan

UK workers’ pay growth has slowed to its weakest rate in six months, despite record employment, adding to the Bank of England’s dilemma of whether to raise interest rates for only the second time since the global financial crisis.

British retail sales growth slowed in August at the fastest pace in more than a year as the squeeze on consumers from rising prices continued.

British employers’ willingness to hire and invest has fallen to its lowest since last year’s vote to leave the EU, a survey by the country’s recruitment industry showed yesterday.

Ireland is now the fourth most confident country in Europe with consumer sentiment here higher than in the UK for the first time in nearly nine years, according to market research firm Nielsen.

Thousands of products on supermarket shelves are coming in smaller packages, despite prices remaining the same, according to a new report.

British inflation unexpectedly jumped to its highest level in nearly four years in May, tightening the squeeze on UK consumers, who face the added worry of political uncertainty after last week’s inconclusive election.

The Brexit squeeze on British consumers has hurt the UK government’s finances as well as retailers, new figures show, indicating that the economic slowdown at the start of the year is now being felt more broadly.

Growth in the UK economy will slow as the delayed effects of Brexit hit British consumers hard, Goodbody Stockbrokers chief economist Dermot O’Leary has warned.

Inflation almost completely gnawed away the growth in pay of British workers during the three months to February, the clearest evidence yet that households are feeling the strain of rising prices as Brexit negotiations begin.

The British economy’s strong finish to 2016 looks likely to prove a high watermark as Brexit gets under way, according to a range of indicators yesterday which pointed to a growing squeeze on consumers.

The head of a British parliamentary committee has asked a regulator to look into media reports, including one by Reuters, about movements in financial markets ahead of economic data releases that raised the possibility of leaks.

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office has said it has charged three former senior Tesco executives with fraud in its investigation into accounting practices at the UK’s biggest supermarket retailer.

Contact with nature can improve mental health and people’s moods, studies are finding. 

The British construction sector declined sharply in the first quarter of 2016, adding to signs that the economy struggled against global weakness and uncertainty about June’s European Union referendum, data showed yesterday.

Co-op umbrella group ICOS says the meat factories and large retail multiples have usurped free trade in the way they apply beef labelling regulations, a claim rejected by meat factory group Meat Industry Ireland.

Jean Pisani-Ferry looks at the options open to the EU as it considers what it can do to help the continent emerge from the economic doldrums

UK unemployment unexpectedly fell to the lowest in almost a decade and wage growth slowed less than economists forecast as Brtain’s labour market continued to strengthen.

Inquest heard man used up his air while removing a weight caught on guide line above harbour wreck

The UK’s annual rate of consumer price inflation fell below zero for the first time in more than half a century, official figures showed yesterday, though Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the dip was likely to be brief.

Failure to impose fiscal rules means the new European Commission is in danger of losing its authority, writes Daniel Gros

The Dutch safety team leading the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has given permission for wreckage at the crash site to be moved.

If we give in to myths in arguments against wind energy, we risk losing a major opportunity for energy and economic development, writes Grace O’Sullivan

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused GlaxoSmithKline of paying generic manufacturers to delay the production of a generic equivalent of its antidepressant paroxetine, which it makes in Cork.

Britain’s agriculture department has estimated that its beef imports in 2013 may rise to 430,000 tons, from 410,000 tons last year.

A Sligo man has been jailed for 15 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his teenage daughter which led to him fathering her child.

CONTRARY to popular belief, the right to die has been enshrined in Irish case law — but only for those who are physically incapable of voicing their desire to end their own lives.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has gifted Irish golf tourism the ultimate mulligan by agreeing to front Fáilte Ireland’s new €1.5m worldwide “marketing blitz” free of charge.

IRISH business may rebuild international credibility with a combined voluntary code of corporate governance practice for private companies and state bodies.

A new investigation must be set up to examine whether British authorities withheld vital intelligence from detectives hunting the Omagh bombers, a parliamentary report said today.